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銆€銆€The old Gothic slang abounded in it. UGG Boots Clearance Here is boffete, a box on the ear, which is derived from bofeton; vantane, window (later on vanterne), which comes from vantana; gat, cat, which comes from gato; acite, oil, which comes from aceyte. Do you want Italian?
銆€銆€Here is spade, sword, which comes from spada; carvel, boat, which comes from caravella.
銆€銆€Do you want English? Here is bichot, which UGGS Clearance comes from bishop; raille, spy, which comes from rascal, rascalion; pilche, a case, which comes from pilcher, a sheath. Do you want German?
銆€銆€Here is the caleur, the waiter, kellner; the hers, the master, herzog (duke). Do you want Latin?
銆€銆€Here is frangir, to break, frangere; affurer, to steal, fur; cadene, chain, catena. There is one word which crops up UGG Boots Clearance in every language of the continent, with a sort of mysterious power and authority.
銆€銆€It is the word magnus; the Scotchman makes of it his mac, which designates the chief of the clan; Mac-Farlane, Mac-Callumore, the great Farlane, the great Callumore[41]; slang turns it into meck and later le meg, that is to say, God.
銆€銆€Would you like Basque?
銆€銆€Here is UGG boots clearance gahisto, the devil, which comes from gaiztoa, evil; sorgabon, good night, which comes from gabon, good evening.
銆€銆€Do you want Celtic? Here is blavin, a handkerchief, which comes from blavet, gushing water; menesse, a woman (in a bad sense), which comes from meinec, full of stones; barant, brook, from baranton, fountain; goffeur, locksmith, from goff, blacksmith; guedouze, death, which Nike high heels comes from guenn-du, black-white. Finally, would you like history?
銆€銆€Slang calls crowns les malteses, a souvenir of the coin in circulation on the galleys of Malta.
銆€銆€ [41] It must be observed, however, that mac in Celtic means son.
銆€銆€ In addition to the philological origins just indicated, slang possesses other and still more natural roots, which spring, so to speak, UGGS Clearance from the mind of man itself.
銆€銆€In the first place, the direct creation of words.
銆€銆€Therein lies the mystery of tongues.
銆€銆€To paint with words, which contains figures one knows not how or why, is the primitive foundation of all human languages, what may be called their granite.